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Spectrum Chart : 109 - Great Leaders 1
- Dr. S. Radhakrishnan - Dr. S. Radhakrishnan was an Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President of India (1952–1962) and the second President of India from 1962 to 1967. Since 1962, his birthday is celebrated in India as Teachers' Day on 5 September.
- Lokmanya Tilak - Lokmanya Tilak born as Keshav Gangadhar Tilak, was an Indian nationalist, teacher, social reformer, lawyer and an independence activist. He was the first leader of the Indian Independence Movement. Tilak was one of the strongest advocates of "Swaraj" (self-rule).
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad – Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the first President of the Republic of India. An Indian political leader, lawyer by training, Prasad joined the Indian National Congress during the Indian independence movement.
- Swami Dayanand Saraswati - Swami Dayanand Saraswati was a Hindu religious leader who founded the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement of the Vedic tradition. He was the first to give the call for Swarajya as "India for Indians" – in 1876, later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
- Jamsetji N. Tata – Jamsetji N. Tata was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India's biggest conglomerate company. Tata is regarded as the legendary "Father of Indian Industry".
- Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru – Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964.
- Indira Gandhi – Indira Gandhi was a key 20th century stateswoman, a central figure of the Indian National Congress party and to date the only female Prime Minister of India. She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
- Mahatma Gandhi – Mahatma Gandhi is known as the Father of the Nation. Employing nonviolent civil disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. His birthday, 2 October, is commemorated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday and world-wide as the International Day of Nonviolence.
- Swami Vivekanand – Swami Vivekanand was the chief disciple of the Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa. At birth, he was called Narendranath Datta. He was the founder of Ramakrishna Mission. He introduced Hindu philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga in Europe and America.
- Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose - Subhash Chandra Bose, affectionately called as Netaji, was one of the most prominent leaders of Indian freedom struggle. He founded Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) to overthrow British Empire from India.
- Govind Ballabh Pant - Govind Ballabh Pant was an Indian freedom fighter and one of the architects of modern India. Pant was a key figure in the movement for India's Independence and later a pivotal figure in the Indian Government.
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was one of the foremost leaders of Indian freedom struggle. He was also a renowned scholar, and poet. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was posthumously awarded India's highest civilian honour, Bharat Ratna in 1992.
- Vallabhbhai Patel - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is popularly known as Iron Man of India. He played a leading role in the Indian freedom struggle and became the first Home Minister of India. He is credited with achieving political integration of India.
- Rabindranath Tagore - He was also a philosopher and an artist. He wrote many stories, novels, poems and dramas, as well as composing music and many songs. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Asian to win this prize. Jana Gana Mana, the national anthem of India, was written by Tagore.
- Madan Mohan Malaviya - Madan Mohan Malaviya, popularly known as Mahamana. An educationist whose contribution is evident in the form of Banaras Hindu University and a devout freedom fighter who left no stone unturned in India's quest for independence and whose patriotism remained unbroken from youth till death.
- Dr. B. R. Ambedkar – Babasaheb Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, politician and social reformer who inspired the campaigned against social discrimination against Untouchables (Dalits). He was Independent India's first law minister and the principal architect of the Constitution of India.
- Sarojini Naidu - Sarojini Naidu was a distinguished poet & a renowned freedom fighter. She was famously known as Bharatiya Kokila (The Nightingale of India). Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the President of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become the governor of a state in India.
- Lala Lajpat Rai - Lala Lajpat Rai was one of the foremost leaders who fought against British rule in India. He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari (Lion of the Punjab). He was the founder ofthe Indian Home League Society of America & became Congress President in 1920.
- Vinoba Bhave – He was an Indian advocate of nonviolence and human rights. Often called Acharya , he is best known for the Bhoodan Movement. He is considered as a National Teacher of India and the spiritual successor of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Lal Bahadur Shastri - Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. He was a man of great courage and will. He successfully led country during the 1965 war with Pakistan.
- Gopal K. Gokhale – Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the pioneers of the Indian national movement & the founder of the Servants of India Society. He is also known as political guru of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan - Abdul Ghaffar Khan was a Pashtun political and spiritual leader of India. Nicknamed "Frontier Gandhi". Ghaffar Khan was a champion of women's rights and nonviolence.
- Mahadev G. Ranade – Mahadev Govind Ranade was a distinguished Indian scholar, social reformer and author. He was a founding member of the Indian National Congress & owned several designations as member of the Bombay legislative council, member of the finance committee at the centre and the judge of Bombay High Court.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy - He was the founder of the Brahmo Sabha movement in 1828. His efforts to protect Hinduism and Indian rights by participating in British government earned him the title "The Father of the Indian Renaissance".
- Dadabhai Naoroji - Dadabhai Naoroji is fondly called as the "Grand Old Man of India". He is viewed as the architect who laid the foundation of the Indian freedom struggle. He was the first Indian to become a professor of the college.
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